How do I get the objectID after I save an object in Mongoose?

Question

var n = new Chat();
n.name = \"chat room\";
n.save(function(){
    //console.log(THE OBJECT ID that I just saved);
});

I want to console.log the ob

Answer 1

You can manually generate the _id then you don't have to worry about pulling it back out later.

var mongoose = require('mongoose');
var myId = mongoose.Types.ObjectId();

// then set it manually when you create your object

_id: myId

// then use the variable wherever